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A Scenic Drive to Mt. Baker w/ IS250 AWD

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Old 08-16-10, 10:03 PM
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Default A Scenic Drive to Mt. Baker w/ IS250 AWD (8/17 added more pictures)

It was fun to drive up the winding mountain road with my IS250AWD.
Overall, I am very happy with a combination of F-Sport sway bar & BC Racing coilovers.

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Old 08-16-10, 10:17 PM
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Clean car... literally looks brand new.
Old 08-16-10, 10:20 PM
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looks good... =) theres still snow??
Old 08-16-10, 10:46 PM
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Very.... Very sweet, (car too! )
Never driven that area, but would love to some day. Camped the North Cascades about two years ago, but overcast the whole time.. Never saw a mountain top for the whole week! Grrrrr

Meeting with a bud in two weeks to run Wind River Rd from the Columbia up to eastern St Hellen's, then on to the eastern side of Rainer into Paradise. His Audi's gonna eat me in the corners..... Ah well, gonna be 8 hours of pure adrenalin bliss....

If you like clean forested roads with plenty of curves, Wind River is worth the drive south.

Vince
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Those Volks are absolutely stunning.
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I'm sure that car handled like a beast with the AWD traction plus the suspension upgrades.
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wheels look great, and damn, your car looks sweet! great shine, and nice looking drop. the pics of the scenery are gorgeous, too!
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I like . Glad you got to have fun on those twisties
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looks like a fun drive
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Lookin clean! Hope to see it in-person soon Wish I would've gone, but I didn't wake up til late on Sunday
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wow beautiful shots and great looking car.
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Beautiful Scenery + great looking car = fantastic Photoshoot...
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Super clean car! Ings kit lookin good.
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Love your car; it's a very clean mod.

BTW, where did you get your grills? It looks sweet!
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very beautiful shots ! amazing view !


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